Oil-stove



' 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOSEPH MARION, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

OIL-STOVE.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 278,574, dated May 29, 1883, Application filed September 6, 1882., (ModcLl To all whom it may concern t Be it known that I, JOSEPH MARION, of the city of Brooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Stoves, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists, principally, of an open bottom or tray to be placed inside of the stove, and upon which is to be placed asbestus fiber or similar material, to which the oil is supplied for burning. The supply of oil to the ashestus on the tray is regulated by the weight of i the oil on the tray by means of a valve, and

which similar letters of referenceindicate cor-' responding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a broken plan view of the tray; and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the tray, taken on the linear or of Fig; 1.

The stove A may be of any suitable form and size, and the elevated reservoir B may be of any suitable size, and may be located at any convenientpart of the room a proper distance away from the stove. The pipe 0, leadin g from the reservoir to the stove, is connected shown at e.

'to the tank D, placed under the stove, audthis tank is to he kept filled with water to a point above the short pipe at. Coupled to the short pipe 11, at the top of the tank, is the pipe E, which is reduced in size at its upper end, as Leading from the larger portion, 6, of this pipe are the branch elbow-pipes F F, which pass up through, the collared openingsgg of the tray G, and working in this larger portion, e, of the pipe is the valve h, the stem h of which reaches up through the smaller portion, 6, and is attached to and within the cap j, secured to the bottom of the tray G, so i that any vertical movement of the tray will be communicated to the valve h, thus opening or closingthe pipesFF, according to the move ment of the tray. The tray G is placed loosely upon the upper end, 6, of the pipe E, the pipe entering the cap j, as shown, and the tray rests upon the collar H, placed upon the pipe, which collar rests upon the short arm of the lever J. The outer end of this lever is provided with the weight K, which counterbalanoes the trayG, and this weightis made adjustable by means of the screw is, by which it maybe so set that the stove will be self-regulating as to the flow ofoil. The bottom of the tray is preferably corrugated or bent, so as to form the upward swells c 0, side pockets or troughs, d d, and the central pocket, (1. In the pockets at d and d are to be placed suitable quantities of asbestos fiber, as shown at 1!, Fig. 3, and through the swells c c are formed the series of perforations idthrough which air passes to support the combustion of the oil.

The upper ends of the pipes F F are provided with the distributers ff, which distribute the oil as it flows from the said pipes FF to all parts of the tray. i

In use, the weight K being properly set to hold the'tray elevated and the pipes FF open, the cock m of the pipeU is tobe opened to admit the oil to the reservoir D. Enteringthe reservoir, the oil passesup through the water therein, thence up through the pipes 1E and F F,-and onto the tray G, saturating the ashes tus in the troughs d d and d. The flow of oil will continue until the weight of oil on the tray, together with theweight of the tray, overbalances the weight K, whereupon the tray will move slightly downward, causing the valve h to close the pipes F F, and thus cut off the flow of oil. The oil being now lighted, the tray will remain in this downward position until the weight of oil on thetray is slight 1y reduced, whereupon the weight K will ble, overcomes the annoyance and expense of renewing the wicks. Besides,th e stove is perjustable weight K, as. shown in the drawings and as above described, two such levers and weights could be used-one upon each side of the stove-andnot depart from the spirit of my invention.

I do not confine myself to'the use of my invention for household purposes, as I design to use it also for heating all kinds of steam-boilers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an oil-stove, the combination, with the supply-pipes F, of the tray G, the counterbalance-weight K, and the valve h, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The pipe E and branch pipes F, in combination with the vertically-movable tray G u and valve h, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with the movable tray G, of the lever J, adjustable weight K, pipes E and F, and valve h, attached to the tray, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with the tray G and 1ever J and pipe E, of the collar H, placed upon the pipe E, between the shortarm of the lever and the bottom of the tray, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In an oil-stove,the combinatiomwith the counterbalanced tray G, provided with collared openin gs g, and the valve h, of the pipes F, provided with the distributersf, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The tray G, provided with the cap j, in combination with the pipe E, valve h, and pipes F F, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. i

7. The tray G, formed with the troughs d d for holding the asbestus l, and with the perforated ridges or swells c a, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. I

' JOSEPH MARION.

Witnesses:

JOHN HATCH, EDGAR S. TAFT. 

